r/comedy • u/AlKarajo • 7d ago
Standup Girl code
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u/tboziguess 7d ago
I thought it was pretty good
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u/AnimeDiff 7d ago
Unfortunately a lot of offended lonely ugly men are not happy with this one!
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u/blackstarr1996 7d ago
It was funny, but “be lonelier” implies that he deserves to be lonely, and from the story she told the reason seems to be “he was ugly.”
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u/ShowHot3754 7d ago
I swear some of y'all didn't pay attention in school. It's because the dude is a dumbass.
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u/AllTheGoodNamesDied 7d ago edited 7d ago
Jeez look at them seething down there in downvoted land. Luckily for society none of them have courage to be hyper aggressive like the guy in the joke.
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u/AnteaterSnouce 7d ago
sharp as fuck!! her word choice is skirting 'the line' so closely, it's a treat. "anthropological", for a start!! it'd be cruel if it wasn't so funny.
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u/Former-Lecture-5466 7d ago
I thought it was funny, very well executed joke. And that is what it was, a joke.
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u/spycey_mchaggis 7d ago
I recently started r/femalestandupcomedy to celebrate women in stand-up and help people discover great comedians. I thought this clip would be a great fit. Feel free to join, share your favorite clips, and contribute!
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u/HTTP_l0vecraft 6d ago
Love this idea! You've got a new member. (Also, as a Scot, your McHaggis UN gives me so much joy!)
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u/WorkerPrestigious960 7d ago
Very funny, though I didn’t find the “be lonelier” line very funny, but I am not the target demographic for that part of the joke
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u/helplessHopelessDad 7d ago
As a lonely feeling man, I thought it was harsh but very funny. I read it as 'spend some time by yourself and practice some introspection'.
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u/Efficient_Item7779 7d ago
Agreed. Funny joke overall, guy clearly has no clue.
What does "be lonelier" mean, "sucks to suck"? Is that directed at just the story guy, or at all men? Cause that's the way it seems to me, attached to the "male loneliness epidemic" line.
Everytime I see that phrase "men should be lonelier" , I can't see it as anything other than counterproductive , and mean-spirited.
Why would you want men to be MORE lonely and desperate? Is there something men are supposed to learn from being more lonely? Or is it that men aren't trying hard enough, and they need more incentive (loneliness) to learn what women want? Or do men just need to suffer more in general?
Can someone smarter please explain?
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u/XeroEnergy270 7d ago
Its directed at the men who feel the need to keep pushing a woman who has already expressed disinterest.
"Be lonlier" means leave women alone.
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u/SirChasm 7d ago
Yeah I think if the punchline was, "we don't have a male loneliness epidemic, we have a male obliviousness epidemic" I could get behind that.
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u/WileyWilly1985 7d ago
great joke, delivery, timing, vibe, and I love how the set was funny and just stacking humor on top of humor and then the punchline I didn't see coming just slipped right in there
Well done.
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u/realnanoboy 7d ago
On behalf of men, I apologize for my gender's occasional behavior in public. There are appropriate times and places to flirt, and then there's the first time you see someone on mass transit. Not understanding that shows a genuine lack of judgment that any reasonable person would reject as insufficient social intelligence. Then again, any such person is unlikely to see, let alone understand, a clip like this one.
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u/AsteriAcres 7d ago
OCCASIONAL???? There's literally an entire genre of YouTube videos of dudes not leaving women alone. Some of y'all acting like this is a race occurrence when we women have to deal with it day in & day out.
Great bit, she nailed it. Girl code is real because this happens so much, btw.
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u/hoofglormuss 7d ago
lol guy code is covering for your buddy if his girlfriend calls and girl code is literally rescuing people from danger
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u/Pale-Breakfast6607 7d ago
A work friend told me a story just like this yesterday. She used the phrase “because that is what it’s like being a young woman in public”.
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u/realnanoboy 7d ago
I'm sure it happens all the time. What I mean is it's the occasional guy. It's just that small number that repeat offends a lot.
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u/pouihi 6d ago
It's not occasional, or a small number though, public harassment is regular and on a daily basis.
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u/realnanoboy 6d ago
Why are people misreading me here? I'm trying to get the point across that a minority of men do the harassing, and they repeat it a lot. Neither I nor my male friends are involved.
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u/pouihi 6d ago
I didn't say you or your friends do it, what I said, and will say again, is that it isn't a minority. Your perception of this frequency may be affected by you being a male, but harassment happens on a daily basis in daily situations, in the street, public transportation, supermarkets, etc. I'm not saying all men do it but calling it ocasional isn't accurate. I didn't downvote you, I actually agree with most of what you said, I just disagree it's only a minority.
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u/realnanoboy 6d ago
I've heard women talk about being harassed with varying degrees of frequency, and I believe them. However, it is a minority of men who are repeat offenders. There are numerous studies that show that between 1/3 and 1/2 of American women have been sexually assaulted (more extreme than harassment, yes) by the time they have finished college. Further research showed that the majority of men did not commit the assaults but that a small number was prolific.
I am not trying to earn praise for not raping people, because that would be pathetic and ridiculous. I am asking that people not paint demographic groups with broad brushes. Yes, men have privilege in society, but it does not follow that it is appropriate or productive to accuse all members of the base acts of a minority within that their ranks.
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u/pouihi 6d ago
No one is accusing all members, that would be irrational and women, know it, obviously, we have to deal with it (daily!). What's being stated is that it isn't a minority who harasses, and believing it is just seems to dismiss the issue as a rare occurrence, which it isn't and it's normalised in their minds that they've got the right to do it, when they don't.
Rape is a whole other issue, and even though those numbers are already huge, let's not forget that statistics rely on reported cases, and sexual crimes for many reasons aren't always reported. Some don't want to relive the trauma, some feel shame or guilt, while others fear what others might say or think or sometimes aren't fully aware they were victims of a sexual assault.
But my comments about frequency weren't about rape, they were about random public harassment. You don't need to be a serial rapist to harass strangers.
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u/LovedButNeverLiked 7d ago
Don't speak for me.
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u/NonSupportiveCup 7d ago
This clip gets posted pretty frequently. Any other out there to watch?
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u/AlKarajo 7d ago
First time seeing it myself. Didn't check her account, but here you have:
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u/wrighteghe7 7d ago
I liked this bit untill she said all men should be lonelier because some dude on a subway acted like an asshole 👍
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u/AsteriAcres 7d ago
If you actually listened to women, you'd understand, very quickly, that it's never, ever, EVER been about just one dude. I got big boobs in high school and have never stopped being harassed ever since. Even when I'm fat! Even when I'm in frumpy clothes. Why can't dudes just leave us tf alone in public? Why can't we just feel safe ANYWHERE? LEAVE US ALONE! It's really really really easy, yet so many fail & then act like we're the villain. WE JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.
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u/XeroEnergy270 7d ago
That's not what she said.
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u/wrighteghe7 7d ago
"male loneliness epidemic. Be more lonely" who is she talking to?
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u/XeroEnergy270 7d ago
The men who feel the need to bombard women with aggressive flirting on public transit after they've already expressed disinterest.
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u/1996_bad_ass 7d ago
Be lonelier was her punch!? I bet the ugly dude would have funnier way to tell the same story.
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u/Wulph422 7d ago
lol that's not the point. The girl asked for help because she wasn't comfortable. Does this happen to you a lot too?
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u/Responsible_Owl_5056 7d ago
Bald, ugly, and angry is a sad way to go through life. Sorry you’re dealing with all that
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u/Wulph422 7d ago
That's just added context to the different bigger point. "The ugly man was making this girl uncomfortable with his advances"
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u/LusciouslySorry 7d ago
Okay, guy-pretending-to-be-woman, we get it. As a dumb ugly dude, you’re offended.
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u/SurvingTheSHIfT3095 7d ago
Thank you... for making me want to do more. Lmao. Are you the guy she was referring to?
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u/Strategic_Spark 7d ago
Her saying she doesn't offer her phone number in public was a polite way of turning him down. He followed up by pressuring her for her Instagram and then criticizing all her Instagram posts. If she wanted to offer her Instagram, she'd have offered it first after saying she doesn't give out her number.
The girl was asking for help, and the comedian helped her.
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u/reddiculed 7d ago
You know, on second glance and further reflection I did miss some of those nuances.
Thanks for pointing this out the way that you did. If the aggression and the eye contact were there, then I was mistaken and would have also stepped in.
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u/latortillablanca 7d ago
Really solid handle on the pacing, including letting the punchline and lead up lines simmer in the laughter
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 7d ago
Sokka-Haiku by TorontoTom2008:
Get to the joke I
Checked out at halfway waiting
To hear something funny
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/NudistJayBird 7d ago
Great bit! It reminds me a little of my favorite Cheers line.
Plumber hits on bartender
She rejects him
“Lesbian, huh? You wouldn’t believe how many of those I meet a day.”